[mythtv] Import Test Recorder

[Raymond Wagner]

On 8/16/2012 17:46, Brendan Fosberry wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm attempting to generate a tuner for tivo atm through a mixture of ir
> blasting/telnet to schedule recordings on the fly, and curl + tivodecode
> to store the files in mythtvs database. All the components look like
> they should work however Im having trouble with the Import Test Recorder
>
> I have a dummy tuner for tivo which reads a sample mpg file. Once
> recording has finished an event is triggered to replace the recording
> using curl. The problem is that tuning times out every time. I have a
> change channel script however it seems to fail regardless of whether
> this is set. I could move the change channel command into the events
> however it shouldn't make a difference. I am assuming this is happening
> because the Import Test/Demo Test recorders dont have the correct status
> changes. Does anyone have any insight on this?

Why can't these shows be recorded directly by MythTV?